MEETING REPORT Group for Research in Pathology Education (GRIPE) Becoming an Innovative Pathology Educator Undergraduate Medical Education Curricular Reform and Optimizing Lab Medicine Education in Medical School, 47th Annual Winter Meeting, January 25th to 27th, 2018, Las Vegas, NV Ellen Dudrey 1 & Oswaldo Padilla 1 Published online: 29 May 2018 # International Association of Medical Science Educators 2018 The Group for Research in Pathology Education (GRIPE) is committed to enhancing pathology education across the spec- trum of disciplines where pathology is practiced, such as un- dergraduate medical education, osteopathic medical educa- tion, podiatric education, veterinary education, and dental ed- ucation. Membership in the group allows access to the orga- nization’s collection of images, test questions, and a full set of pathology objectives. Institutions in the USA, Canada, and around the world have memberships in GRIPE, which they find beneficial to their teaching missions. The theme for the 2018 meeting was BBecoming an Innovative Pathology Educator^ and two major aspects of pathology education were addressed during the plenary ses- sions: Undergraduate Medical Education Curricular Reform and Optimizing Lab Medicine Education in Medical School. There was a pre-conference workshop on publishing in med- ical education presented by the Editor-in-Chief of Medical Science Educator, Dr. Peter de Jong and Julie Hewett. Pre-conference Workshop The pre-conference workshop was a 3-hour presentation by Dr. de Jong entitled BTips and Tricks for Successfully Publishing Scholarly Work in an International Journal on Medical Education.^ The goals of the workshop were to aid participants in identification of barriers to successful publish- ing while introducing participants to the criteria and methods used by editors to select articles for review and eventual publishing in their journal. He also discussed ways to select journals to determine which is best for the manuscript one desires to publish and suggested that poster presentations at conferences might be useful ways to find collaborators with new ideas or approaches which would strengthen the manu- script. He pointed out that some Medical Education journals have a high rejection rate and others have a much lower rejec- tion rate and this might influence journal selection. He recom- mended that writers read the instructions for authors section in the journal they wish to publish in before writing the paper, because journal editors require a correct format before consid- ering publication. He illustrated the steps in the submission process and explained that reviewer comments could be help- ful in improving the manuscript. Most journals have a goal of replying to the author in about 10 weeks. Conference The conference began on January 26th with a welcome and orientation presented by Dr. Ellen Dudrey, Program Committee Co-chair. The theme for the Friday conference was Undergraduate Medical Education Curricular Reform. There were two Site Host Schools for the conference: Indiana University and Illinois University. Dr. Regina Kreisle presented Purdue University’s curriculum. Indiana has a statewide system of medical schools and a unified group of pathologists who actively participate in undergraduate pa- thology teaching. The pathologists are involved in setting goals and objectives for undergraduate pathology education and they participate in an integrated curriculum along with other basic scientists, and pathology curriculum is uniform across the state. The second Site Host School was Illinois University and Dr. Amy Lin spoke about the medical educa- tion system in Illinois and their approach to integrating * Ellen Dudrey ellen.dudrey@ttuhsc.edu 1 Paul L Foster School of Medicine Texas Tech Health Sciences Center El Paso, El Paso, TX, USA Medical Science Educator (2018) 28:577–581 https://doi.org/10.1007/s40670-018-0580-z